{"id":374372,"date":"2026-04-04T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/374372\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:13:09","slug":"total-chaos-following-enzo-fernandezs-ban-the-next-chelsea-star-is-openly-courting-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/374372\/","title":{"rendered":"Total chaos: following Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s ban, the next Chelsea star is openly courting Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There appears to be some unrest within the Chelsea squad at the moment. Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez was dropped from the squad by the club this week after speaking positively about a potential move to Real Madrid. Mois\u00e9s Caicedo is following in his footsteps, according to Spanish media reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old midfielder from Ecuador gave an extensive interview to Diario AS this week, in which, like Fern\u00e1ndez, he spoke openly about Madrid. Coincidentally, the Ecuador camp was based in the Spanish capital during the recent international break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really amazing,\u201d Caicedo begins the interview. \u201cThe city is truly beautiful. I\u2019ve been here before and I\u2019m always excited about it. The weather is lovely too&#8230; I\u2019m absolutely delighted to be here,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, after those words, Caicedo is immediately asked about his future, given that a number of his idols played at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u. \u201cYou never know in football, do you? I\u2019m currently under contract at Chelsea,\u201d he replies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I haven\u2019t really thought about another club yet, or about leaving London, but then again, you never know in football. All I want is to enjoy myself. I have a contract and I want to keep playing for as long as God allows. After that, we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d he continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo has a contract with Chelsea until mid-2031, with an option for a further year. Fern\u00e1ndez is actually tied to the club for another year longer, but neither player seems to have put Madrid out of their minds just yet. Similar comments cost the Argentine his place in the squad this week: Fern\u00e1ndez was dropped from the squad by manager Liam Rosenior and will miss both the cup tie against Port Vale and the league match against Manchester City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea is a fantastic club,\u201d said Caicedo. \u201cThey\u2019ve helped me enormously since I arrived. I want to thank them for that and show my gratitude in every match, for as long as I\u2019m here. And well, time will tell,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There appears to be some unrest within the Chelsea squad at the moment. Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez was dropped from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4027,78358,85,46,179654,4029,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-374372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-e-fernandez","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-m-caicedo","13":"tag-real-madrid","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}